Dear Friend,
Remember, while the unions were fighting for the 8 hour day, and child labor laws, and safe working conditions, and pensions, and health benefits, while all this was going on the nation's industrial might was at its peak. Factories buzzed, American made products were sold around the globe. Money flowed up to the bank accounts of the rich, making them even wealthier.
It was not union greed that turned the economy around.
Our great nation has forsaken Americans in favor of Empire building. We are being drained in order to support this huge military burden. Our factories are going overseas because we are paying to protect them in cheap labor markets. That will not last for long. But in all of this, we blind people, along with all disabled folks, are paying a far greater portion of the price. Your situation is typical for many of us. You have worked for years at a fairly low paying job and now face living your retirement at or below the poverty line. Some reward for your labor. But rather than pointing a complaining finger at the little success gained by unions, we need to redouble our efforts to organize blind people and become a force to be reckoned with.
Curious Carl
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